The Fiscal Summit Counter-Narrative: Part One
Body: [I'm leaving this sticky because our enemies don't sleep. If you end up eating Grand Bargain™ cat food because Robama concocts some sleazy deal in the lame duck session due to a Shock...
View ArticleThe Fiscal Summit Counter-Narrative: Part Two, Defining Fiscal Sustainability
Body: One of the most irritating things about the deficit hawk/austerity literature, is that it uses the ideas of “fiscal sustainability” and “fiscal responsibility” in an ideological way, without ever...
View ArticleAn Imminent Spending Blitz (?) and the Debt Ceiling
Body: About Two and a half months ago, Mike Norman pointed out that when Federal spending and tax collections in fiscal 2012 were compared with those for the same calendar date in 2011, data from the...
View ArticlePlease "Retweet Me!"
Departments: Department of All The Damn GallThread: Class WarfareTags: Social SecurityBowles-SimpsonThe Grand Bargainhttps://twitter.com/Alexa__Blogger/status/264576600832610304 Thank you. ;)
View ArticleBowles-Simpson Cuts Majority, or 60% of "Very Low" Earners ($10,771) Retiring...
Body: Here's the Strengthen Social Security website.https://twitter.com/Alexa__Blogger/status/264586834045190144 PLEASE RETWEET ME! :) “If a dog won’t come to you after having looked you in the face,...
View Article"No, Mr. Clinton. 'Means Testing' Does Not Make Social Security A More...
Body: After further reading, I felt that I had "mis-conflated" Mr. Clinton's words to refer to the Special Minimum Benefit. I will address the importance of the 'Special Minimum Benefit' and the...
View ArticleThe Pete Peterson Foundation Hosting Forum NOW On C-Span 2 Television...
Body: "Fiscal Cliff As A Policy Opportunity" -- PLEASE WATCH.Pete Peterson calls Bowles and Simpson "heroes and patriots."Alan Simpson calls Peterson "a Prince."Bowles says: "Pete Peterson laid the...
View ArticleSanders Colludes With Kabuki Theater: President Will "Go On The Road" To Sell...
Body: The absolute gall! The President will take to the road in January, after the Bowles-Simpson-type "framework" has already been passed and signed into law. And he will lead the charade that there...
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